This summer fans of Anna Paquin are in for a treat with the release of the Rogue Cut of X-Men: Days of Future Past, which restores the True Blood star’s action sequence which was cut from last year’s mutant superhero blockbuster, and now it has been revealed that the extended version will include 11 minutes […]
Universal set to adapt The Wicked + The Divine for the small screen
It looks like Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s Eisner Award-nominated The Wicked + The Divine could be the latest comic book series heading to the small screen, with Universal Television picking up the rights to the Image Comics title. Launching last June, The Wicked + The Divine tells the story of a group of individuals […]
Mark Ruffalo says tension between Marvel and Universal is “prohibitive” to a solo Hulk movie
Despite rumours for the past couple of years that Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk would get his own movie, it was revealed earlier this year that Universal still hold the distribution rights to a solo movie. Ruffalo has now been speaking about the situation to Yahoo!, stating that tensions between Marvel Studios and Universal means that it “doesn’t […]
Mark Ruffalo spotted on the Captain America: Civil War set – will Hulk be in the movie?
Considering that virtually everyone from the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be in Captain America: Civil War, it was never clear if Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner/The Hulk would be in the picture. However, the star has been spotted visiting the set of the movie, and partying with its stars Chris Evans (Captain America), Daniel Brühl (Baron […]
Katherine Waterston joins the Steve Jobs biopic
It looks like director Danny Boyle’s (127 Hours) Steve Jobs biopic is picking up pace, with Deadline revealing that Inherent Vice star Katherine Waterston has joined the project in the role of Chrisann, the Apple co-founder’s first wife. Following the departure of Christian Bale from the lead, Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Days of Future Past) has […]
How much of Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: Days of Future Past script made it into the movie?
X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn was originally set to return to direct X-Men: Days of Future Past but eventually bowed out in favour of directing another project of his, Kingsman: The Secret Service. Vaughn had written the original screenplay alongside Simon Kinberg, but it was unclear how much of his story made it onto the […]
Live action Akira movie delayed; no progress has been made says director
It’s a movie that hasn’t entirely won over fans of the original movie (or George Takei for that matter), but it looks like the live action adaptation of Akira has hit a bump in the road. At a press conference for his upcoming action movie Run All Night (starring Liam Neeson), director Jaume Collet-Serra was asked about […]
George Takei petitions against all-white casting choices for Akira adaptation
Following on from the controversy surrounding the all-white casting of Exodus: Gods and Kings, legendary Star Trek actor and King of the Memes George Takei has spoken out against the proposed casting choices for the American adaptation of popular anime Akira. It was reported by Deadline that the cast choices included Robert Pattinson (Twilight), Andrew Garfield […]
Director Justin Lin talks Star Trek 3, says it’s “all new and fresh”
With production on Star Trek 3 set to get underway later this month, Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6) has been speaking to Deadline about taking over the director’s chair from J.J. Abrams and setting out to create strange new worlds and civilizations with next year’s threequel. “As great as J.J.’s films were, there’s still […]
Duncan Jones rules out directing Star Trek 3
Earlier this week it was reported that Paramount had identified a shortlist of directors to replace Roberto Orci on Star Trek 3, with Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game), Daniel Espinosa (Safe House), Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6) and Duncan Jones (Source Code) all said to […]
